Iron Fsckin Maiden!

[dancerjodi]

Oh my was that an awesome show. It was so loud, the energy was so intoxicating, and so many Eddies!

Their new album comes out in September, here's hoping for another tour at that time. They got a dig in at Metallica when they went on a spiel about how they think downloading music is cool with them, but ask if you like it, pay for it (they mentioned that "not all bands feel this way, some of them beginning with the letter M" only to get massive cheers from the audience). Bruce also got some digs in at the movie Braveheart and Mel Gibson for changing history in the story. I was also suprised to see him in the mike yell at some people smoking pot in the front row, saying that "that's not what we're all about" and asking them to go out and pollute their bodies outside somewhere. Rawk! sXe :)

Dio was great, I've never been a fan but the man's vocals are amazing given how long he's been doing it. It was fun giving devil horns to the originator of it all (he did them at the end of every song I think). Motorhead was well, Motorhead. I think they did a good job but put up next to Dio's vocals and Maiden's energy and performance it seemed less than spectacular. Still - Lemmy is going strong after all these years, wow.

Its a week for lots of music: new albums from Jane's Addiction, Kiss and Queensryche are all out today. Yikes!

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I forgot how much of a fetish I had for sexy long-haired guys (only to be reminded of it when surrounded by them all at these shows I've been going to). I feel like I've come home again :)

Comments

[jhimm.livejournal.com]

motorhead
dio
iron maiden
queensryche
kiss
jane's addiction...

LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAAAAAAAAIN!

Music

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAAAAAAAAIN!"

My thoughts on the thing have been:
-The demographic that listen to that music years ago are now working and have lots of $ to throw at albums, tours and merchandise.
-The majority of music coming out in the industry over the last few years has been utter crap. The old greats are coming back to show people how its done :)

Re: Music

[jhimm.livejournal.com]

my take has been
(with all reunion phases, not just this one)

"someone's out of beer money".

Re: Music

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"my take has been (with all reunion phases, not just this one) "someone's out of beer money". "

I can buy that for a majority of the has beens, but what about people that really probably don't need the money (like Bruce Dickinson . . . I'm guessing with his past Maiden earnings and the fact that he's a pilot for British Airways he's not hurting). I know like in Ozzy's case, that man will just do it till he physically can't anymore (so he's said) - music is his life.

Per Carlos Dave Mustaine's hand is doing better and he may be doing a musical project again (though he's not sure if he'd reform Megadeth or do something else). THAT would be very cool. I'd totally throw some of my money in his direction for beer :)

Whatever their motivations, I think its neat that there are still enough people out there that care enough to fill up the shows . . . it was packed last night!

Re: Music

[developer.livejournal.com]

I think the secondary factor -- which really hit home for me during QR -- is that when the country is at war, Replicans are in the major offices, and the Dems are busy bowing down to celebrities and the music industry, the time is ripe for heavy metal. The more intelligent of these groups are, and have always, advocated revolution. They aren't endorsing a political party -- they are talking about rioting in the streets and the stupidity of government period.

I think that is part of what attracted me to the music in the first place was that some of the groups had a real message or feeling of rebellion and dislocation. Think that rings a bit truer right now in a post 9/11 cold war type world.